Nguyen’s first documentary work, The Empire of Scents asks fundamental questions regarding our relation to smell in an original way: Can we paint a smell or live without the sense of smell? To what extent is smell linked to our emotions? Does the smell of saffron make us fall in love? Can the smell of a woman after love making be recreated? Inspired by sommelier François Chartier’s Papilles et molécules, la science aromatique des aliments et des vins, The Empire of Scents explores these questions and more during a fascinating olfactory journey. Visually poetic, inventive and energetic, the film is also an invitation to discover all the secrets of one of our most mysterious, powerful and essential senses.